Expert Orthopaedic Specialist
With over 20 years of experience in Joint Replacement, Sports Medicine, and Trauma Care, Santosh Jacob provides clinical excellence and reassurance to patients across Frankston, Mornington, and Rosebud.
specialties
Three Disciplines. One Specialist.
From acute injury to complex joint reconstruction, specialist orthopaedic care across three disciplines
Joint Replacement
Sports Medicine
Trauma Care
ABOUT SANTOSH JACOB
MBBS · MS (Orthopaedics) · FRACS · FAOA
Consulting at his main rooms in Frankston, Mulgrave Private Hospital, and Ramsay Specialist Centre in Rosebud. VMO appointment at Monash Health's Dandenong and Moorabbin Hospitals.
Precise. Personal.
Orthopaedic care built around you.
Santosh Jacob is an orthopaedic surgeon with more than 20 years of consultant experience across joint replacement, sports medicine, and trauma surgery. Before migrating to Australia, he held an Associate Professor position in orthopaedics in India. He completed three fellowships at leading arthroplasty and arthroscopy centres in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne, and has cared for Olympic hockey and badminton athletes and professional sporting teams throughout his career.
He is renowned nationally and internationally for his advanced surgical skill in ACL reconstruction, and brings his own signature technique to AC joint stabilisation. His approach to joint replacement integrates robotic-guided surgical systems and computer navigation technology with image-based pre-operative planning, delivering a level of precision a standardised approach cannot achieve. He routinely incorporates biologics including platelet-rich plasma to support healing and optimise outcomes, and his surgical record reflects consistently very low infection and revision rates.
Santosh's trauma experience spans paediatric through to geriatric patients, built across more than two decades at major trauma centres across Australia. His practice brings orthopaedic surgery, physiotherapy, and hand therapy together under one roof, so patients move from surgery through to rehabilitation without being passed between providers.
Surgeons and GPs across South Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales, and Queensland refer complex cases and second opinions to Santosh. His referral base spans Bayside and southeast suburbs, outer western Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Gippsland, and Phillip Island.
He believes orthopaedic care should be precise, personal, compassionate and caring, and that every patient should leave with clarity about their condition and a plan they feel confident in.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
WHAT SETS HIM APART
The experience, the techniques, and the outcomes that matter.
Surgery to Rehabilitation, All in One Place
Orthopaedic surgery, physiotherapy, and hand therapy at the same location. No referrals elsewhere, no gaps in the care pathway.
Evidence-Based Outcomes
Joint registry audits, PROM tracking, and clinical research underpin every aspect of the practice. His surgical record reflects consistently very low infection and revision rates.
Elite Athlete Care
Santosh has cared for Olympic hockey and badminton athletes and professional sporting teams, bringing the same performance-focused precision to every patient who wants to return to an active life.
Nationally Recognised in ACL Reconstruction.
Renowned nationally and internationally for advanced surgical skill in ACL reconstruction, with outcomes that make him a trusted destination for complex and revision cases.
The Surgeon Surgeons Refer To
Revision arthroplasty, failed ACLs, complex fractures, hip preservation surgery. Colleagues across four states refer their most difficult cases and second opinions to Santosh.
Robotic and Patient-Specific Joint Replacement
Robotic-guided systems, computer navigation, and image-based pre-operative planning. Every joint replacement is built around the individual patient, not a standardised template.
Ready to book or refer a patient?
Santosh consults at Frankston, Mulgrave, and Rosebud. New patients and GP referrals welcome.